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<H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3>
tk_chooseColor &mdash; pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color.
<H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3>
<B>tk_chooseColor </B>?<I>option value ...</I>?<BR>
<H3><A NAME="M4">DESCRIPTION</A></H3>
The procedure <B>tk_chooseColor</B> pops up a dialog box for the
user to select a color. The following <I>option-value</I> pairs are
possible as command line arguments:
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<DT><A NAME="M5"><B>-initialcolor</B> <I>color</I></A><DD>
Specifies the color to display in the color dialog when it pops
up. <I>color</I> must be in a form acceptable to the <B><A HREF="../TkLib/GetColor.htm">Tk_GetColor</A></B>
function.
<P><DT><A NAME="M6"><B>-parent</B> <I>window</I></A><DD>
Makes <I>window</I> the logical parent of the color dialog. The color
dialog is displayed on top of its parent window.
<P><DT><A NAME="M7"><B>-title</B> <I>titleString</I></A><DD>
Specifies a string to display as the title of the dialog box. If this
option is not specified, then a default title will be displayed.
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If the user selects a color, <B>tk_chooseColor</B> will return the
name of the color in a form acceptable to <B><A HREF="../TkLib/GetColor.htm">Tk_GetColor</A></B>.  If the
user cancels the operation, both commands will return the empty
string.
<H3><A NAME="M8">EXAMPLE</A></H3>
<PRE>button .b -bg [tk_chooseColor -initialcolor gray -title &quot;Choose color&quot;]</PRE>
<H3><A NAME="M9">KEYWORDS</A></H3>
<A href="../Keywords/C.htm#color">color</A>, <A href="../Keywords/C.htm#color selection">color selection</A>, <A href="../Keywords/D.htm#dialog">dialog</A>
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